Sapere aude! Have the courage to use your own reason! This is the motto of the Enlightenment.
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"Sapere aude" is a Latin phrase meaning "dare to know."
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Original Citation
Kant, Immanuel. "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung? [Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?]." Berlinische Monatsschrift, Dec. 1784.
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Current Citation
Kant, Immanuel. "An Answer to the Question: 'What is Enlightenment'?" Kant: Political Writings, edited by H. S. Reiss, translated by H. B. Nisbet. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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